Prisoner Discipline

Question 2

who adopts the policy?

Answer 2

The Commissioner of Corrections

Question 3

where is the policy contained?

Answer 3

34-A M.R.S.A. section 1402, 1403, 3032

Question 4

Where is the policy applied?

Answer 4

All Departmental Adult Facilities

Question 5

What is the purpose of prisoner discipline?

Answer 5

to maintain safety and security and orderly management of correctional facilities.

Question 6

what guideline should the policy follow?

Answer 6

fair and impartial procedures that are consistent with the constitutional and statutory rights of the individual prisoner.

Question 7

Accessory

Answer 7

A prisoner is an accessory if he or she knowingly provides assistance to another prisoner committing or attempting to commit a violation.

Question 8

Attempt

Answer 8

An act which constitutes a substantial step in a course of conduct that would have ended in the commission of a violation of the attempt had been successful.

Question 9

Conspiracy

Answer 9

An agreement with another prisoner or any other person to engage in or cause a violation.

Question 10

Disciplinary restriction

Answer 10

Confinement in the prisoner’s own cell or room or in a cell or room in special management housing.

Question 11

Disciplinary segregation

Answer 11

Confinement in a cell in restrictive housing

Question 12

major rule violation

Answer 12

A class A or class B disciplinary violations that pose serious threats to safety, security, or orderly management.

Question 13

Trafficking

Answer 13

Selling, bartering, trading, exchanging, furnishing, giving, administering, delivering, conveying, or otherwise transferring an item to another person or obtaining an item for the purpose of selling, bartering, trading, exchanging, furnishing, giving, administering, delivering, conveying or otherwise transferring an item to another person.

Question 14

minor rule violation

Answer 14

Class C disciplinary violations that pose insignificant threats to safety, security, or orderly management.

Question 15

planning

Answer 15

Making a plan as evidenced in a writing or a verbal statement of intent which includes, but is not limited to, the following: a diagram, map, list of steps, etc.

Question 16

Possession

Answer 16

to have physical possession of or otherwise exercise control over an item on the prisoner’s person, in his or her assigned area, e.g., room, cell, work area, locker; or exercises control over a common area.

Question 17

Privilege

Answer 17

A benefit to which a prisoner has no legal right.

Question 18

Solicitation

Answer 18

commanding or otherwise attempting to induce another prisoner to commit a violation.

Question 19

who makes decisions about prisoner appeals?

Answer 19

Chief Administrative Officer

Question 20

What are the two categories major violations are in?

Answer 20

Class A and Class B

Question 21

Class A

Question 22

Class B

Question 23

what policy should be followed for prisoners in Disciplinary Segregation?

Answer 23

Department Policy 15.2, Disciplinary Segregation Status.

Question 24

What are prisoners given a disposition of disciplinary restriction allowed to do and not to do?

Answer 24

Prisoners can:
- leave their cells or rooms for core programs
- allowed to leave cells or rooms for meals or law library services
- allowed phone calls (if permitted in the policy)
Can’t:
- purchase restricted items from canteen/purchase electronic or musical entertainment

Question 25

Core programs

Answer 25

programs identified by the unit management team as necessary for for the individual prisoner such as substance abuse treatment, DV, behavior therapy, etc.

Question 26

How long can prisoners be restricted to their cell/room for Disciplinary restriction?

Answer 26

22 hours

Question 27

assigned work during recreation period of disciplinary restriction

Answer 27

extra recreational work may be assigned with the exception of any scheduled exercise time. If no work is appropriate prisoners are contained in their rooms.

Question 28

what is the mandatory minimum monetary sanction for any rule violation and it’s purpose?

Answer 28

$5.00, to help defray the cost of holding disciplinary hearings.

Question 29

why could a disciplinary hearing officer recommend a higher monetary sanction?

Answer 29

Assault on Staff, Volunteer or student intern, deadly instrument, gang or security threat group affiliation, or trafficking of alcohol, marijuana, inhalant, or drug.

Question 30

Class A dispositions

Answer 30

Up to 30 days:
- Disciplinary segregation
- loss of good time or deductions
- loss of privileges
- assigned work
- $5.00 monetary sanction
- restition
-counselling

Question 31

When can a class A restriction be up to 90 days with a $100.00 monetary sanction?

Answer 31

In the case of assault on Staff, Volunteer or student intern, deadly instrument, gang or security threat group affiliation, or trafficking of alcohol, marijuana, inhalant, or drug.

Question 32

Restitution

Answer 32

To replace or repair property destroyed or damaged or to pay the cost of medical care

Question 33

Class B Dispositions

Answer 33

Up to 15 days:
- Disciplinary segregation
- loss of good time or deductions
- loss of privileges
- loss of specific thing related to disciplinary violation
- extra work in lieu of recreation
- $5.00
- restitution
- counseling/reprimand

Question 34

Class C Dispostions

Answer 34

up to 7 days:
- Disciplinary restriction
- loss of good time or deductions
- loss of privileges
- loss of privilege specific to violation
- assigned work in lieu of recreation
- $5.00 sanction
- restitution
- counseling/reprimand

Question 35

privileges offered to prisoners

Answer 35

recreation, canteen/commissary, electronics/music.

Question 36

Which Acts Prohibited are class A?

Answer 36

• Animal
• Assaults
• Body fluid
• bribery
• canine
• Community release violation
• count, interference
• Counterfeiting
• currency, giving or receiving
• Deadly Instrument
• Deception
• Demonstration
• Destruction of Property more than $50
• Disregard of orders, Encouraging
• disturbance, major
• Electronic communication devices
• Escape tool
• Escape
• Evidence
• Exposure